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01-19-2019, 03:49 PM | #1 |
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Notification of Sales Tax Collection
I got this message/email from NewEgg.com yesterday (NewEgg is an Internet computer component distributor) -
Notification of Sales Tax Collection for Customers Shipping to New York Dear Customer, We want to let you know that effective this Friday, January 18th, in order to comply with applicable New York law, we will begin collecting sales tax on most orders/sales to New York state residents. I get emails/legislative alerts from all three of my legislators and have not heard anything about an impending Internet Sales Tax for New Yorkers. I only get the Sunday newspaper, and local TV newscasts, but again I've not noticed anything about this Internet Sales tax.
Has anyone else seen or read of this???
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01-19-2019, 04:09 PM | #2 |
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This was a Supreme Court case last year:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...-sales-n873416 Each state can make the decision for their residents. NC has had this on the books, and it's now enforced. New York was slow at the uptake.
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01-19-2019, 09:29 PM | #4 |
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Many won't bother. Some will use software based on the shipment zip code.
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01-19-2019, 10:45 PM | #5 |
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Amazon and several other companies have taken out state sales tax for some time and they just either keep it or forward it to the state....
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So far, nobody (not even my CPA) has been able to explain how the administration of all this is supposed to work. The more I think about it, the more I suspect that this is a step toward a federal sales tax with one rate and one check to send. |
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01-22-2019, 12:35 PM | #7 |
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I am not a tax consultant, and don't play one on TV, but I believe that the only time you are required to collect sales tax is if your business has a physical presence in the state where you are shipping... otherwise you only collect sales tax from goods sold to people who live in the same state as you.
Other than that, I can't see that a mechanism exists for a state to go after a business in another state for non-payment of sales tax.
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01-22-2019, 01:50 PM | #8 |
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I'll second that notion. This is how it seems to work on eBay and Amazon. Company websites such as WalMart or Harbor Freight definitely collect sales tax..
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01-23-2019, 05:57 PM | #10 |
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In dear old Ca all firearms have to go through and FFL. The FFL is required to collect the sales tax. The other part is all mail order products tax are supposed to be paid as a use tax at the end of the year in your state tax return.
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Personally I have had to provide my Sales Tax number etc to (1) Aim - who sells a lot on line and (2) to the Poulin auction company. If I did not do so, they were going to charge me sales tax - I forget whether it was their state rate or my state rate. Since I have a sales tax number, I documented it with them. Generally speaking, it will be an interesting to see how they collect it from people in other states.
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